Patents Assigned to Michael E. Sheppard
  • Environment control chamber with safety switch
    Patent number: 5216948
    Abstract: A collapsible environmental chamber in which bread dough may be placed during rising, the chamber including umbrella-like ribs between which fabric panels are positioned, each fabric panel having a skirt depending beneath the straight line between adjacent leg ends whereby the chamber in its expanded condition will have a skirt portion lying loosely adjacent a supporting surface to prevent drafts from entering the interior of the chamber during the bread rising process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1993
    Assignee: Michael E. Sheppard
    Inventors: Michael E. Sheppard, Thomas M. Sheppard